2016-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS 2016 Volume 10: Battery, Recycling, Environmental, Mining

Editors:Kongoli F, Kumar V, Aifantis K, Pagnanelli F
Publisher:Flogen Star OUTREACH
Publication Year:2016
Pages:220 pages
ISBN:978-1-987820-54-6
ISSN:2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series)
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    Kinetic study of Ni(II) ion removal from synthetic wastewater by ion flotation

    Mehdi Safari1;
    1UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN, Cape Town, South Africa (zuid Afrika);
    Type of Paper: Regular
    Id Paper: 128
    Topic: 7

    Abstract:

    In this study, the effect of chemical interactions of materials used in ion flotation for the removal of Ni(II) ions from low concentration synthetic wastewater was studied. Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and ethylhexadecyldimethylammonium bromide (EHDABr) as collectors and methyl isobutyl carbonyl (MIBC) and Dowfroth250 as frothers were used. To investigate the effective parameters and interactions of them, 16 experiments including 6 level variables were performed by supporting DX7 software and on the bases of a 2-level factorial method. In the first step, the tests were conducted in a Hallimond tube. The result showed that collector of SDS and frother of Dowfroth 250 had appropriate interaction with each other at pH = 3.In the second step, optimal results from the first step were evaluated in a mechanical flotation cell. The removal of Ni(II) ions increased by increasing the time of flotation and they have a direct relation with the water removal. The kinetics study shows that the order and the rate of removal of the reaction do not follow any of the zero-order, first-order and second-order equations. The flotation rate curve on the removal of Ni(II) ions will divide the separation process to two stages, a fast flotation rate at the first stage and a slow flotation rate at the second stage. Ni(II) ions removal was obtained 88% at the best condition.This study showed that the use of ion flotation was a very effective method for Ni(II) ion removal from industrial wastewaters.

    Keywords:

    Metal; Optimization; Recycling; Sustainability; Wastes;

    Cite this article as:

    Safari M. Kinetic study of Ni(II) ion removal from synthetic wastewater by ion flotation. In: Kongoli F, Kumar V, Aifantis K, Pagnanelli F, editors. Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit SIPS 2016 Volume 10: Battery, Recycling, Environmental, Mining. Volume 10. Montreal(Canada): FLOGEN Star Outreach. 2016. p. 101-102.